plaster cast

noun

1. any piece of sculpture reproduced in plaster of Paris.

plaster cast

noun

1. surgery a cast made of plaster of Paris See cast

2. a copy or mould of a sculpture or other object cast in plaster of Paris

Word History and Origins

Origin of plaster cast¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

In 1993, to raise awareness about breast cancer, she made plaster casts of hundreds of women’s torsos and placed them in a cemetery-like installation on a lawn.

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Luckily, three years before, the company had taken a plaster cast of the trophy in order to make a miniature for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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He matched bullets to guns; he used plaster casts to identify footprints.

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He even ran a mile a day in a plaster cast for six weeks after an operation on his foot.

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A bad injury, and then photographs of him dancing in a nightclub with a plaster cast, saw the media turn on him.

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